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Action Likely to Allow Commercial Whaling: The International Whaling Commission ended its annual meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland, by approving a plan that probably will lead to limited commercial hunting after a five-year ban. The chief delegate of Iceland, a staunch whaling nation, accused the organization of extremism and said he will recommend that his government quit its ranks, a move that could lead to U.S. sanctions. The commission adopted a U.S.-British plan to allow commercial whaling only when numbers of species are deemed to rise to healthy levels.
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